We use cookies to improve your website experience. To learn about our use of cookies and how you can manage your cookie settings, please see our Cookie Policy. By continuing to use the website, you consent to our use of cookies.

Welcome to HVAC-Talk.com, a non-DIY site and the ultimate Source for HVAC Information & Knowledge Sharing for the industry professional! Here you can join over 150,000 HVAC Professionals & enthusiasts from around the world discussing all things related to HVAC/R. You are currently viewing as a NON-REGISTERED guest which gives you limited access to view discussions

To gain full access to our forums you must register; for a free account. As a registered Guest you will be able to:

Participate in over 40 different forums and search/browse from nearly 3 million posts.

As others have said, trial and error, start at one setting, taking into consideration that the lower you go the longer it will run, meaning the more it will go into defrost, meaning if you wire your gas to come on during defrost that's another cost.

Do not know how much snow you get in your area, but if it's a good amount, it's a recommendation to elevate the OD unit if it's on a pad for better water drainage during defrost.

Typically the brochure will say to homeowners to physically remove any snow build up around OD unit coil.

The OD unit is located under an over hang that is built for it. The side of the over hang is a lattice wall that is about 4 feet from the OD unit. No snow can get on it. It is on an elevated pad too. There is no foliage either.

I specifically wanted it like that to shade it from the 100+ degree sun in summer and the snow build ups in winter.
But lattice so there is no way air flow to and out of the OD unit could be impeded.

OK trial and error.

So today's data is somewhat in-exact,
With outdoor temps around 34 degrees out, there was still heat coming from the registers that did actually feel like heat. Not luke warm but warm. Not gas heat hot but warm. I was impressed with it actually.
The thermostat is set at 30 degrees for OD unit cut out currently.

After reading from the links previously provided, this is single stage heat. I can't find if its single stage cooling though or not.

I have it set now for dual stage heat, single stage cooling.
Is that bad for it?
Do you recommend I set it for single stage heat?

The OD unit is located under an over hang that is built for it. The side of the over hang is a lattice wall that is about 4 feet from the OD unit. No snow can get on it. It is on an elevated pad too. There is no foliage either.

I specifically wanted it like that to shade it from the 100+ degree sun in summer and the snow build ups in winter.
But lattice so there is no way air flow to and out of the OD unit could be impeded.

OK trial and error.

So today's data is somewhat in-exact,
With outdoor temps around 34 degrees out, there was still heat coming from the registers that did actually feel like heat. Not luke warm but warm. Not gas heat hot but warm. I was impressed with it actually.
The thermostat is set at 30 degrees for OD unit cut out currently.

After reading from the links previously provided, this is single stage heat. I can't find if its single stage cooling though or not.

I have it set now for dual stage heat, single stage cooling.
Is that bad for it?
Do you recommend I set it for single stage heat?